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    “The Crucible” Essay Imagine if your spouse accuses you of being green. There are a lot of innocent citizens that are being accused of being associated with communism. In addition to the communist and the socialist both wanted the same thing. They both wanted the government to be in control and own all the companies and properties. They both also wanted to end capitalism, but other people wanted complete freedom. Encyclopaedia Britannica states, “In 1919, the United States Department of Justice…

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    The Crucible is play in light of occasions of the Salem witchcraft trials, happens in a little Puritan town in the settlement of Massachusetts in 1692. The witchcraft trials, as Miller clarifies in a writing introduction to the play, became out of the specific good plan of the Puritans, which advanced impedance in others' undertakings and a severe set of accepted rules that disliked any worry from standards of conduct. The play starts in the home of Reverend Samuel Parris, whose little girl,…

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    In the play, The Crucible, the author tries to argue that cruelty is never justified by false accusations. Arthur Miller expresses the strict and devoted ideas of human cruelty is accepted under the righteousness in religion by the using the fallacies of the bandwagon appeal, ad hominem and hasty generalization. Miller presents the idea of Cruelty vs. Righteousness by using the bandwagon appeal. He shows this idea of a fixed belief system in their religion because blaming witchcraft is the…

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    During the 1600s witchcraft initiated its uprising in society installing fear and intimidation throughout. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, depicts a play based off The Salem Witch Trials, revealing characters’ true intentions and witchcraft. It was during this time where witches were being identified and societies main targets were women. Simultaneously, as vulnerable as they are, women were also subjects to cruelty and pain A witch referred to a person who has a connection with the Devil and…

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    it and either be left off the hook or be punished equally. When my sisters would get in trouble for something i did i would feel guilty and was obliged to try and make it up to them by letting them use one of my toys or confessing to my mom. The Crucible is a suspenseful, filled with evil, and naive characters play written by Arthur Miller. The play takes place in Salem, Massachusetts during the late 1600’s based on the Salem…

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    In Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, the reader can learn through indirect characterization that John Proctor is independent, guilty, and good. John Proctor is an independent man. He does not succumb to the public opinion, and no one can change his mind. In The Crucible, John Proctor openly admits his disdain for Reverend Parris and is not even ashamed to tell Parris himself. Proctor claims that…

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    The Crucible Fear Essay

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    Others fear to another's advantage in The Crucible. Fear is one of the leading reasons that influence people’s decisions in life. These fears were used as a bludgeon in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. This weapon was used to manipulate others to get what they want. This play starts with rumours about the rising of witchcraft, and when these rumors surfaced the cumulation of fear spread across the town like wildfire. The spread of fear caused the lives of the innocent to be robbed of their…

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    the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”-H.P. Lovecraft people are scared of what they don 't know and when this happens they cannot think straight because of their emotions. Which can cause a lot of problems. In the drama The Crucible by Arthur Miller the characters Reverend Parris and Marry Warren blame others in order to keep themselves safe. Unlike reverend them, The characters from The Body of Christopher Creed by Plum-Ucci Mrs. Creed and Ali make their decisions based…

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    “Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it’s going to kill us.” (Donna Tartt). Puritans belief was an emphasis on the equality of being morally right and the power of god that started in the sixteenth century. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller is about the Salem witch trials in 1692. A group of young girls in Salem village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused of witchcraft. Since Abigail is motivated by power her decision to stop at nothing to get John…

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    1692. Arthur Miller expands on this time of great resentment in his theatrical drama The Crucible, particularly in Abigail Williams, who uses the witch trials as a catalyst to achieve her own personal agenda. On the receiving end of Abigail’s wrath is rival Elizabeth Proctor, wife of the man she had an affair with and complete opposite in both demeanor and character development. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Elizabeth Proctor grows into a woman who respects her husband’s decisions from a…

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